[Insight-users] Help with "Undefined references during linking"

Luis Ibanez luis.ibanez at kitware.com
Wed Apr 5 08:01:08 EDT 2006


Hi Martin,

We welcome contributions to the toolkit.

The mechanism for contributing to ITK is to submit a paper
along with your source code and tests to the Insight Journal.

You will find detailed instructions in the following Wiki page:

http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Procedure_for_Contributing_New_Classes_and_Algorithms


    Regards,


       Luis


------------------
Martin Kavec wrote:
> Thanks for help Luis.
> 
> After completing the CMakeList.txt, there are no further issues.
> 
> Would there be an interest to include the class into the future ITK release. I 
> would be glad to donate it, once it's finished.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Martin
> 
> On Tuesday 04 April 2006 14:32, Luis Ibanez wrote:
> 
>>Hi Martin,
>>
>>Thanks for posting the exact error messages that you are getting.
>>
>>The problem seems to be that in your CMakeLists.txt file you
>>forgot to add the itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader.cxx file
>>to the list of object files to be compiled in order to form the
>>executable itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.
>>
>>You only put the Test for it:  itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.cxx
>>
>>
>>so, The line that currently has:
>>
>>
>>
>>    ADD_EXECUTABLE(
>>          itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest
>>          itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.cxx
>>          )
>>
>>
>>
>>shold be modified to have:
>>
>>
>>
>>    ADD_EXECUTABLE(
>>          itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest
>>          itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader.cxx
>>          itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.cxx
>>          )
>>
>>
>>
>>    Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>>        Luis
>>
>>
>>---------------------
>>
>>Martin Kavec wrote:
>>
>>>Luis,
>>>
>>>I am on Linux, gcc (GCC) 3.4.5 (Gentoo 3.4.5-r1, ssp-3.4.5-1.0,
>>>pie-8.7.9), ITK-2.6.0.
>>>
>>>kavec at signal08 $ make
>>>/usr/bin/cmake -H/home/kavec/Projects/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader
>>>-B/home/kavec/Projects/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader
>>>--check-build-system CMakeFiles/Makefile.cmake 0
>>>make -f CMakeFiles/Makefile2 all
>>>make[1]: Entering directory
>>>`/home/kavec/Projects/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader'
>>>make -f CMakeFiles/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.dir/build.make
>>>CMakeFiles/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.dir/depend
>>>make[2]: Entering directory
>>>`/home/kavec/Projects/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader'
>>>make[2]: Nothing to be done for
>>>`CMakeFiles/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.dir/depend'.
>>>make[2]: Leaving directory
>>>`/home/kavec/Projects/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader'
>>>make -f CMakeFiles/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.dir/build.make
>>>CMakeFiles/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.dir/build
>>>make[2]: Entering directory
>>>`/home/kavec/Projects/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader'
>>>Linking CXX executable itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest
>>>/usr/bin/cmake -E remove -f itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest
>>>c++     -ftemplate-depth-50  -fPIC
>>>"CMakeFiles/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.dir/itkFSLAffineTransform
>>>FileReaderTest.o" -o itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest -rdynamic
>>>-L/opt/ITK_debug/bin -lITKStatistics -lITKCommon -lITKNumerics
>>>-lITKMetaIO -lITKIO -lITKNrrdIO -litkgdcm -litkjpeg12 -litkjpeg16
>>>-litkopenjpeg -litkpng -litktiff -litkjpeg8 -lITKSpatialObject
>>>-lITKNumerics -lITKCommon -litkvnl_inst -litkvnl_algo -litkvnl -litkvcl
>>>-litknetlib -lm -litksys -lpthread -ldl -lITKMetaIO -lITKDICOMParser
>>>-lITKEXPAT -lITKniftiio -lITKznz -litkzlib -lm
>>>CMakeFiles/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.dir/itkFSLAffineTransformF
>>>ileReaderTest.o: In function `main':
>>>itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.cxx:(.text+0x1c8): undefined
>>>reference to `itk::FSLAffineTransformFileReader::Update()'
>>>CMakeFiles/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.dir/itkFSLAffineTransformF
>>>ileReaderTest.o: In function `itk::FSLAffineTransformFileReader::New()':
>>>itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.cxx:
>>>(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN3itk28FSLAffineTransformFileReader3NewEv+0x6d):
>>>undefined reference to
>>>`itk::FSLAffineTransformFileReader::FSLAffineTransformFileReader()'
>>>CMakeFiles/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.dir/itkFSLAffineTransformF
>>>ileReaderTest.o: In function
>>>`itk::ObjectFactory<itk::FSLAffineTransformFileReader>::Create()':
>>>itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.cxx:
>>>(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN3itk13ObjectFactoryINS_28FSLAffineTransformFileReader
>>>EE6CreateEv+0xd): undefined reference to `typeinfo for
>>>itk::FSLAffineTransformFileReader'
>>>itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.cxx:
>>>(.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN3itk13ObjectFactoryINS_28FSLAffineTransformFileReader
>>>EE6CreateEv+0x4e): undefined reference to `typeinfo for
>>>itk::FSLAffineTransformFileReader' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>>>make[2]: *** [itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest] Error 1
>>>make[2]: Leaving directory
>>>`/home/kavec/Projects/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader'
>>>make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.dir/all]
>>>Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory
>>>`/home/kavec/Projects/itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader'
>>>make: *** [all] Error 2
>>>kavec at signal08 $
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>Martin
>>>
>>>On Tuesday 04 April 2006 13:14, Luis Ibanez wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi Martin,
>>>>
>>>>Please post the *exact* error messages that you get.
>>>>
>>>>Are you compiling this on Linux ? or Windows ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Please let us know,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        Luis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>---------------------
>>>>
>>>>Martin Kavec wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I am writing a piece of IO code to read a FSL affine transform file. The
>>>>>transform is (always) stored in an ASCII file as a 4x4 matrix, so it is
>>>>>should not be a "rocket science" to read it.
>>>>>
>>>>>My code is based on Code/IO/itkTransformFileREader.cxx, except that
>>>>>the ::Update() method will be different. I attached the header,
>>>>>implementation, CMakeList.txt and small test code to make it easier to
>>>>>compile.
>>>>>
>>>>>The code compiles fine, but the linker complains about missing
>>>>>references to ::Update(), ::New() and ::Create() methods.
>>>>>
>>>>>I tried to figure out what's wrong, but no luck, so I would appreciate a
>>>>>help. Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>Martin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>PROJECT( itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader )
>>>>>
>>>>>FIND_PACKAGE(ITK)
>>>>>IF(ITK_FOUND)
>>>>> INCLUDE(${ITK_USE_FILE})
>>>>>ELSE(ITK_FOUND)
>>>>> MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR
>>>>>           "Cannot build InsightApplications without ITK.  Please set
>>>>>ITK_DIR.") ENDIF(ITK_FOUND)
>>>>>
>>>>>SET(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
>>>>>ADD_DEFINITIONS(-Wall)
>>>>>
>>>>>INCLUDE_REGULAR_EXPRESSION(".*")
>>>>>
>>>>>ADD_EXECUTABLE(itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest
>>>>>itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest.cxx )
>>>>>TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(itkFSLAffineTransformFileReaderTest ITKStatistics
>>>>>ITKCommon ITKNumerics ITKMetaIO ITKIO)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>/*======================================================================
>>>>>= ==
>>>>>
>>>>> Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
>>>>> Module:    $RCSfile: itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader.cxx,v $
>>>>> Language:  C++
>>>>> Date:      $Date: 2006/04/02 12:00:00 $
>>>>> Version:   $Revision: 1.0 $
>>>>>
>>>>>    This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
>>>>>    the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
>>>>>    PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
>>>>>
>>>>>========================================================================
>>>>>= */ #ifndef __itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader_cxx
>>>>>#define __itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader_cxx
>>>>>
>>>>>#include "itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader.h"
>>>>>
>>>>>#include <itksys/ios/sstream>
>>>>>
>>>>>namespace itk
>>>>>{
>>>>>
>>>>>/** Constructor */
>>>>>FSLAffineTransformFileReader::FSLAffineTransformFileReader()
>>>>>{
>>>>> m_FileName = "";
>>>>>
>>>>> TransformPointer m_Transform = TransformType::New();
>>>>> m_Transform->SetIdentity();
>>>>>}
>>>>>
>>>>>/** Destructor */
>>>>>FSLAffineTransformFileReader::~FSLAffineTransformFileReader()
>>>>>{
>>>>>}
>>>>>
>>>>>/** Update the Reader */
>>>>>void FSLAffineTransformFileReader::Update()
>>>>>{
>>>>>}
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>} // namespace itk
>>>>>
>>>>>#endif
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>#if defined(_MSC_VER)
>>>>>#pragma warning ( disable : 4786 )
>>>>>#endif
>>>>>
>>>>>#ifdef __BORLANDC__
>>>>>#define ITK_LEAN_AND_MEAN
>>>>>#endif
>>>>>
>>>>>#include "itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader.h"
>>>>>
>>>>>#include "itkAffineTransform.h"
>>>>>
>>>>>int main(int argc, char* argv[])
>>>>>{
>>>>>
>>>>> if( argc < 1 )
>>>>> {
>>>>>    std::cerr << "Usage: " << std::endl;
>>>>>    std::cerr << argv[0] << " fsl.mat"
>>>>>              << std::endl;
>>>>>   return EXIT_FAILURE;
>>>>>
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> typedef itk::FSLAffineTransformFileReader TransformReaderType;
>>>>> TransformReaderType::Pointer transformReader =
>>>>>TransformReaderType::New();
>>>>>
>>>>> transformReader->SetFileName( argv[1] );
>>>>>
>>>>> try{
>>>>>    transformReader->Update();
>>>>> }
>>>>> catch(itk::ExceptionObject & excp ) {
>>>>>    std::cerr << "Error while reading the transform from file: " <<
>>>>>argv[1] << std::endl; std::cerr << excp << std::endl;
>>>>>    return EXIT_FAILURE;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> typedef itk::AffineTransform< double, 3 > AffineTransformType;
>>>>> AffineTransformType::Pointer fslTransform =
>>>>>transformReader->GetTransform();
>>>>>
>>>>> fslTransform->Print( std::cout );
>>>>>
>>>>> return EXIT_SUCCESS;
>>>>>}
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>/*======================================================================
>>>>>= ==
>>>>>
>>>>> Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
>>>>> Module:    $RCSfile: itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader.h,v $
>>>>> Language:  C++
>>>>> Date:      $Date: 2006/04/02 12:00:00 $
>>>>> Version:   $Revision: 1.0 $
>>>>>
>>>>>    This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
>>>>>    the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
>>>>>    PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
>>>>>
>>>>>========================================================================
>>>>>= */ #ifndef __itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader_h
>>>>>#define __itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader_h
>>>>>
>>>>>#include "itkLightProcessObject.h"
>>>>>#include "metaTransform.h"
>>>>>#include "itkAffineTransform.h"
>>>>>
>>>>>namespace itk
>>>>>{
>>>>>
>>>>>class FSLAffineTransformFileReader : public LightProcessObject
>>>>>{
>>>>>public:
>>>>>
>>>>> /** SmartPointer typedef support */
>>>>> typedef FSLAffineTransformFileReader Self;
>>>>> typedef SmartPointer< Self > Pointer;
>>>>> typedef AffineTransform< double, 3u > TransformType;
>>>>> typedef TransformType::ParametersType ParametersType;
>>>>> typedef TransformType::Pointer TransformPointer;
>>>>>
>>>>> /** Method for creation through the object factory */
>>>>> itkNewMacro( Self );
>>>>>
>>>>> /** Run-time type information (and related methods). */
>>>>> typedef Object Superclass;
>>>>> itkTypeMacro( FSLAffineTransformFileReader, LightProcessObject );
>>>>>
>>>>> /** Set the filename  */
>>>>> itkSetStringMacro( FileName );
>>>>>
>>>>> /** Get the filename */
>>>>> itkGetStringMacro( FileName );
>>>>>
>>>>> /** Get transform macro */
>>>>> TransformPointer GetTransform( ) const {
>>>>>    return m_Transform;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> /** Write out the transform */
>>>>> void Update();
>>>>>
>>>>>protected:
>>>>>
>>>>> std::string m_FileName;
>>>>>
>>>>> FSLAffineTransformFileReader();
>>>>> virtual ~FSLAffineTransformFileReader();
>>>>>
>>>>>private:
>>>>>
>>>>> TransformPointer m_Transform;
>>>>>
>>>>>};
>>>>>
>>>>>} // namespace itk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>#endif // __itkFSLAffineTransformFileReader_h
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
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